Holy smokes, Folks. I think Sarah Palin may have delivered the tagline for a new era of political populism in her address to an “electrfied” Republican party last night. 

This morning it is perfectly clear that the DONC has been undone, outmaneuvered, and straight-up outclassed  by the Republicans.  How does a Palin bear hug feel Nancy? Beside the baby-toting, gun-wielding, big-grinning dynamo from the Wild Wild North, Nancy you look sort of, I don’t know — wan?

The DONC has also been outed — outed as sexist wimps who are too weak to face down bullies. NOT ONCE did a leader of the DONC call out Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann for their sexist attacks on Hillary . NOT once did the DONC stand up to Kos or Rhoades or the other Blogger Boiz — the keepers of the swamps from which the most abhorrent language and imagery was used to silence, humiliate, and intimidate Hillary supporters (tampon teaparty Anyone?). I could not believe it when Rudy Giuli-freaking-ani demanded last night in tones of thunderous indignation, “How dare they question whether Sarah Palin has enough time to spend with her children and be Vice President.  How dare they do that.  When did they ever ask a man that question?”

This is called reframing the debate, Folks, and the Republicans have done it again. They have successfully painted the DONC as the political haven for sexists, hypocrites, weaklings, and elitists. Just like Anglachel said last week. Oh, and the sexism? Read HERE, HERE (Taking Out The Trash), and HERE.

And as, Shakes says, “We defend Sarah Palin against misogynist smears not because we endorse her or her politics, but because that’s how feminism works.”

Oh, and the DONC still gets the willies when it gets in close contact with actual representatives of THE WORKING CLASS! EWWWW! I see poor people. YUCK! Why can’t they just go to the dentist for crying out loud? We don’t really have to associate with those freaks do we? (Great way to appeal to voters, Guys).

The thing about Republicans, as wrong as they are about pretty much everything, is that they are UNAPOLOGETICALLY BADASS about their base. They like Christy Todd Whitman and Carly Fiorina and Orrin Hatch, but they LOVE T. Boone Pickens, and Tom Delay, and now, Sarah Palin. Republicans are not embarrassed by the more kooky, less groomed wings of their party — the religious fanatics and gun nuts, the cowboy bizness men who thumb their noses at the law, the down-home shotgun ranch families with more children than dogs or more dogs than children, who can keep count — they LOVE them. They are proud of them and proud to be in the same political party with them.

I don’t think it’s a simple pander for votes (and even if it is, why the hell can’t the DONC learn to do this effectively??) I think a college drop-out like Karl Rove, who makes it all the way to the highest pedestal of power in the world, is absolutely flat-out tickled pink that half of his party is made up of people who have never been inside an Institute of Contemporary Art or an Ivy League library, but yet can still beat the political crap out of every lily-livered weakling in the Whole Foods parking lot. I think they LOVE that stuff.

The DONC, on the other hand? Love their base? Not so much.

They HATE Bill Clinton, but they LOVE Joe Biden? WTF??

They HATE Cindy Sheehan, but they LOVE Nancy Pelosi? WTF??

They HATE Hillary, but they LOVE Michelle? um, why?

The DONC claims to be the party for alternative energy and mass transit, but can you actually imagine Nancy Pelosi on a public bus?

The DONC claims to be the party for universal health care, but can you actually imagine Joe Biden in the waiting room of a community health center?

The DONC claims to be the party for the working class, but can you actually imagine Dianne Feinstein or John Kerry shopping in a Wal-Mart? And enjoying it?

You know, Diane, Barbara, John, Joe, and Barack — there are LOTS and LOTS of Democrats who shop at Walmart. There are LOTS and LOTS of Democrats who take the bus to work not because they are hip and free twenty-something’s making a very SERIOUS sacrifice and commitment to reducing our dependence on foreign oil and Preventing Global Warming, but because they CAN’T FREAKING AFFORD to own a car.

I’m done with the DONC. Absolutely finished. They are an empty-suit party led be an empty-suit candidate. They hate their voters. Well, they seem to love Whole Foods Nation, natch, but I gotta tell you, Whole Foods Nation is kind of like Sweden. There aren’t all that many people there, and probably half of them are secretly Republicans.

The DONC has no core principles and no believable commitment to its base. They can’t even pander successfully. When John McCain reaches out to someone like me and pretends to care about the things I care about in order to get my vote, that’s a pander, pure and simple. I know it. I kind of appreciate it I guess, and I do thank him for the effort — kind of like how a flirtatious pass may be both inappropriate and flattering at the same time. But hey, I’m not fooled. I don’t believe for one millisecond that the Republican Party will suddenly wake up and stop being the party of corporate welfare, reckless war, and religious fundamentalism. They may want Hillary voters, but not THAT much. But, still, the McCain camp has MOST certainly sealed the deal with many, many moderate Independents and conservative Democrats. With the Palin pick, the Fiorina ambassador tour, and the continued polishing of his maverick status, the darn Republicans KNOW HOW TO GO AFTER A VOTE AND THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OR ASHAMED TO TRY.

The DONC? Not so much. With their renewed and frenzied attacks on Palin as a, oh hell — let’s make a list:

• BIMBO
• GUN CLINGER
• RELIGION CLINGER
• BAD MOTHER
• MILF (look it up if you must)
• TEA PARTY HOSTESS
• HICK
• REDNECK
• PIECE OF WHITE TRASH
• MOTHER OF A SLUT
• HARPIE
• HEN-PECKER
• This list will be added to in time, I’m SURE.

The DONC has once again, NOT gone after my vote (or the votes of moderate Independents or liberal Republicans (that is WHOLLY beyond their intellectual or strategic grasp)). They have ONCE AGAIN actively attempted to alienate my sympathy. Whatever message or meaning they hope to deliver to me about the Palin pick, the only thing coming through to me is incoherence at best and renewed sexist onslaught at worst.

I say we SELL THEM ON EBAY.

If you have an EBay account (and I know zillions of Puma PAC members do — we are after all working class and many of us are women, and that means we know EBay), will you please offer for sale today:

The DONC! Yes, it’s a failed leadership and ineffective bunch of incoherent political hacks, but hey — the price is right! Absolutely FREE! In fact we’ll even ship them to you for free. Here’s what you get when you take the DONC off our hands:

Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Donna Brazile, Joe Biden, AND Barack Obama! The DO-NOTHING Congress is also included at no extra charge. Heck, we’ll even throw in Markos Moulitsas and the Daily KOS as a special incentive, but watch out! his bite is vicious and has been known to transmit disease.

Take our “leaders” home today — Please!